| San Jose Mercury NewsJon Wilner breaks new ground in illuminating what trick commissioner Larry Scott might have up his sleeve next. He reports there are three options under serious consideration:1. Partner with an existing programmer and re-brand an existing
channel.2. Partner with an existing cable or satellite operator and develop a new channel.3. Partner with Google or Apple so that instead of turning on your TV to watch the Pac-12 Network, you’d turn on your computer (or tablet or mobile phone).

"The Google/Apple TV model is clearly a play on the future — in three
or five years, big screen televisions and laptop computers will be one
in the same. It also fits with the west coast’s spirit of innovation that Scott and the league presidents are so intent on embracing."

Pac-12 football predictions| Athlon'sThe experts at this publication think the Ducks go 12-1, 9-0 to win the Pac-12 North (Oregon State, they say, will go 6-6, 4-5 to finish fourth in the division.) They then predict that Oregon will beat South Division winner Arizona State (8-5, 6-3) in the inaugural conference title game. Where's USC, you ask, even though the Trojans are ineligible for postseason play? Athlon's has them finishing 9-3, 7-2.

Which Pac-12 team is most likely to regress?| ESPNTed Miller poses this question, and as of 9:30 this morning here's how his readers are voting: Stanford (30 percent), Washington (24 percent), Arizona (19 percent), Oregon (18 percent) and USC (9 percent). What do you think? Go vote, and join the discussion here.

Preseason football countown: No. 66 Oregon State| Pre-Snap ReadPaul Myerberg says the Beavers dream season scenario goes like this: 9-3, 7-2 and winning the Civil War to knock Oregon out of the national title game. The nightmare scenario: 4-8, 2-7.